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Met Office warns of 24-hour deluge

TORRENTIAL downpours will put parts of Britain on flood alert with a month’s rain forecast over the next 24 hours.

Exposed and coastal regions are braced for chilly 50mph gales as Icelandic winds put the blazing start to summer on hold.

Temperatures will take a plunge around the country as weatherman warn the weather is about to “go downhill”.

The Met Office has warned of an “unpleasant week” ahead with nowhere likely to escape almost autumnal conditions.